Psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in France:a national assessment of at-risk populations
作者机构:ENT DepartmentHopital Gui de ChauliacMontpellierFrance University Montpellier 1MontpellierFrance Hopital Pite-SalpetriereWefightBrain&Spine InstituteParisFrance Department of Radiation OncologyHopital Europeen Georges Pompidou CancerologieParisFrance
出 版 物:《General Psychiatry》 (综合精神医学(英文))
年 卷 期:2020年第33卷第6期
页 面:400-405页
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学科分类:1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学]
基 金:This study was supported by Wefight
摘 要:Background Lockdowns were implemented to limit the spread of *** distress(PD)and post-traumatic stress disorder have been reported after traumatic events,but the specific effect of the pandemic is not well *** The aim of this study was to assess PD in France,a country where C0VID-19 had such a dramatic impact that it required a country-wide *** We recruited patients in four groups of chatbot users followed for breast cancer,asthma,depression and *** used the Psychological Distress Inventory(PDI),a validated scale to measure PD during traumatic events,and correlated PD risk with patients*characteristics in order to better identify the ones who were the most at *** The study included 1771 participants.91.25%(n=1616)were female with a mean age of 32.8(13.71)years and 7.96%(n=141)were male with a mean age of 28.0(8.14)*** total,38.06%(n=674)of the respondents had psychological distress(PDI14).An analysis of variance showed that unemployment and depression were significantly associated with a higher PDI *** using their smartphones or computers for more than 1 hour a day also had a higher PDI score(p=0.026).Conclusion Prevalence of PD in at-risk patients is *** patients are also at an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress *** steps should be implemented to monitor and prevent PD through dedicated mental health policies if we want to limit the public health impact of COVID-19 in time.